- Years in practice
- 12
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Madeleine
Madeleine McConnell is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Michigan who focuses on helping people navigate stress, parenting challenges, and major life changes. She brings 12 years of experience to conversations about anxiety, grief, addiction concerns, and trauma. Her style is warm and strength-based, with practical steps parents can use right away.
She uses client-centered methods to keep the person's goals at the heart of work together. That means sessions are shaped by what a person needs most, whether that is coping skills for daily stress or strategies for better sleep and emotional regulation.
Background and approach
Madeleine also integrates Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) when trauma and past distress are central concerns. Madeleine has supported people facing workplace stress, compassion fatigue, and the strain of chronic illness or pain. She helps clients untangle communication problems, guilt and shame, and relationship struggles that affect family life.
For parents, she focuses on real-world tools to manage behavior, reduce household tension, and rebuild confidence. Sessions can include short coaching-style check-ins or longer therapeutic work depending on goals. Madeleine works collaboratively to set measurable steps and track progress over time.
Her approach is practical and goal-oriented while keeping empathy and strengths in view. She offers services in English and is available to international clients. Sessions combine talk-based conversation with targeted exercises and trauma-focused techniques when appropriate.
What Madeleine works with
Everything Madeleine lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Madeleine helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Coaching
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Guilt and shame
- Post-traumatic stress
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Workplace issues
Approaches Madeleine lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How client-centered therapy and EMDR work online
Client-centered therapy focuses on what you want to change and builds on your strengths. In practice this means the therapist listens closely, reflects what matters to you, and helps you set clear goals. It can help with stress, parenting concerns, relationship tensions, and self-esteem issues.Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a trauma-focused approach that helps reduce the intensity of painful memories. Sessions guide you through structured processing of past events so those memories feel less disruptive in daily life. EMDR is often used when trauma or long-standing distress is a central issue.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with you about your history, goals, and comfort level and suggest whether client-centered work, EMDR, or a blend fits best. You and the therapist will check in regularly and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls are useful for richer conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging suit quick check-ins or coaching-style support. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, manage follow-up between sessions, and maintain continuity when travel or distance is a factor.
Questions people ask about Madeleine
What concerns does Madeleine commonly address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting challenges, sleep problems, anger, self-esteem, ADHD, and related issues.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is client-centered and collaborative, focusing on your goals and strengths. She also uses EMDR for clients dealing with traumatic memories when appropriate.
What kind of background and experience does she have?
She has 12 years of clinical experience working with anxiety, post-traumatic stress, workplace issues, and life transitions, plus consulting and coaching experience.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor with a Michigan LPC credential and practices from Michigan.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What formats are available for sessions?
Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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